The fifth seeded player is facing Sebastian Mihajlov, Norwegian player with a 2059 rating. The game has arrived to an endgame with a strange material balance. Ding Liren has a rook, a bishop an two extra pawns for Mihajlov’s queen and it will not be easy for the Chinese to break through while avoiding a perpetual check.

The first surprising result came in a lower board. Soren Jensen from Denmark defeated the Norwegian IM Frode Urkedal.